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Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

UK’s PM Truss rocked as interior minister departs

Suella Braverman left as home secretary ostensibly after using her personal email to send an official document to a colleague

“You have asked me to stand aside as your chancellor. I have accepted.” (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK’s Truss fires finance minister as economic plan in tatters

British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday dismissed her finance minister, forcing Kwasi Kwarteng to carry the can for turmoil

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II with the Imperial State Crown resting on top, borne on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy followed by members of the royal family proceeds past The Wellington Arch on September 19, 2022 in London, England. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London on 21 April 1926. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and ascended the throne of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 after the death of her Father, King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Britain and the world bid adieu to Queen Elizabeth II

The longest-serving monarch in British history died at Balmoral, her Scottish Highland retreat, on 8 September after a year of declining health

Queen Elizabeth greets newly elected leader of the Conservative party Liz Truss as she arrives at Balmoral Castle for an audience where she will be invited to become Prime Minister and form a new government. (Photo by Jane Barlow – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Royal family gathers as Queen Elizabeth is under ‘medical supervision’

Britain’s longest-serving monarch has been dogged by health problems since last October that have left her struggling to walk and stand

Liz Truss, Britain’s Foreign Secretary is announced as the next Prime Minister at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre. ((Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Liz Truss named as UK’s third woman prime minister

The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, after a gruelling summer-long contest decided by just over 170 000 Conservative members

Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, makes a resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Thursday, July 7, 2022. Johnson is bowing to the inevitable after his government hemorrhaged dozens of ministers and junior aides, and members of his cabinet — including newly-appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi — told him to his face that he should step down. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘The will of the party’: Johnson steps down as Conservative leader

The UK PM announced that he would step down after a slew of resignations from his top team in protest at his leadership

In parliament on Wednesday, Boris Johnson insisted the country needed “stable government, loving each other as Conservatives, getting on with our priorities”. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson set to resign

More than 40 ministers and aides, including three cabinet members, have quit the government since late Tuesday, with resignations continuing to trickle in overnight.

Johnson only narrowly survived a no-confidence vote among Conservative MPs a month ago. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

UK PM Johnson on the brink after ministerial resignations

The 58-year-old leader’s grip on power is becoming more precarious by the minute

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Hannah McKay/Reuters)

UK PM Johnson fights back after defection

Wednesday’s defection of Conservative Christian Wakeford to Labour served as a reminder of the high stakes at play, with the opposition party surging in opinion polls.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson answers questions during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, in Downing Street on November 5, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

UK govt botched initial Covid response: MPs’ probe

Britain has suffered one of the highest tolls in Europe with nearly 138 000 Covid-19 deaths since March last year, raising questions about why it has fared worse than comparable…

Dawn Sturgess collapsed on the morning of June 30 and was taken to hospital.

UK police rush to solve Novichok nerve agent death

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman who was exposed to the nerve agent novichok died in hospital on Sunday evening

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No ‘Brexit dividend’ for cash-strapped UK ― experts

Since the referendum, according to official data, economic growth has slowed to a snail’s pace

China-US spat hobbles G20 push on world economy

China-US spat hobbles G20 push on world economy

G20 leaders vowed on Friday to avoid currency manipulation and trade protectionism, but differences between China and the US prevented major progress.

Cheney: Interrogations saved ‘hundreds of thousands’

Dick Cheney insisted on Sunday that intelligence extracted from interrogations of suspected militants had saved "hundreds of thousands" of lives.

Despite Obama appeals, left-right war still rages

The shock troops of conservative talk radio and liberal activism have yet to get Obama’s memo appealing for a ceasefire to America’s political wars.

Obama faces Republican rancour as economy reels

Barack Obama enters his first full week in office on Monday battling to win over Republicans hostile to his plan to haul the US out of recession.

Barack Obama steps into history

Tracing the arc of history to a day many thought would never come, Barack Obama is on Tuesday to be sworn in as the United States’s 44th president.

Obama takes a break after Cabinet plaudits

Barack Obama was set to round out his Cabinet picks on Friday after moving with his promised ”deliberate haste” to get the faces in place.

Clinton the unwitting star of new McCain ad

Hillary Clinton’s virulent attacks on Barack Obama during their primary epic returned to haunt her on Thursday.

Clinton and Obama head for Unity

White House contender Barack Obama and his defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton are to hold their first joint campaign rally.